Activists denouncing firms for what they consider unethical conduct (e.g., poor treatment of labor or practices that are harmful to the environment) often pressure firms through consumer boycotts. This paper presents a model of international trade with heterogeneous firms and endogenous...

Purpose - This paper explores how a firm's public stand on a social-political issue can be a salient signal of the firm's values, identity and reputation. In particular, it investigates how boycott participation-conceptualized as a cue of a corporation's stand on important social-political...

Can market discipline affect corporate environmental and social (E&S) policies? Using international data on corporate E&S news, we show that negative coverage of firms’ E&S policies affects negatively E&S-conscious investors’ demand for stocks. As a consequence, firms with more E&S-motivated...

To what extent do consumers boycott in response to corporate tax planning? Anecdotes suggest consumer boycotts are a meaningful deterrent to tax planning, but empirical evidence on their frequency and impact is lacking. We undertake a comprehensive study to examine how consumers’ purchase...

We study the impact of a boycott on one of the largest Korean dairy producers, triggered by the exposure of the firm's unethical management practices, on its product sales and prices. We find empirical evidence that the boycott had substantial and long lasting consequences. First, consumer...

Triggered by a territorial dispute, as well as historical animosity, a nationwide civilian boycott of Japanese products took place in China in summer of 2012. Using detailed data on vehicle sales in four major Chinese cities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Nanjing), this study investigates the...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations in the Text -- Introduction. Beer Can Politics -- Part I -- Chapter One. Coors Is Trying to Destroy the Union -- Chapter Two. Chicanos Arriba, Coors Abajo -- Chapter Three. Cold, New, and Right: Coors-Style Politics -- Part II -- Chapter Four. Everyone's Fight:...

Beer can politics -- Coors is trying to destroy the union -- Chicanos arriba, Coors abajo -- Cold, new, and right: Coors-style politics -- Everyone's fight: boycotting the Bay Area, 1973-1976 -- Givin' up this beer for sweeter wine: brewery workers on strike, 1977-1978 -- Racing cockroaches and...

Over the last decades, the internationalization of the value chain has allowed firms to exploit cross-country differences in environmental and labor regulation (and enforcement) in ways that have led to a large number of NGO campaigns and consumer boycotts criticizing "unethical" practices. How...

Despite having ample possessions, many Western consumers continue to buy new things. Our central proposition in this research is that one approach to resist shopping temptations and stifle buying urges is to get consumers to reflect on, and evoke momentary desire for, recently used belongings....

Die Macht der Konsumenten - die Beschreibung einer Veränderung -- Das Phänomen aus ökonomischer Sicht -- Das Phänomen aus soziologischer Sicht -- Das Phänomen aus psychologischer Sicht -- Das Phänomen aus philosophischer Sicht,.

Prior research points out the emerging phenomenon of consumer resistance in terms of resistance towards the marketing discipline. At the same time, extant literature suggests the increasing importance of authenticity in marketing.This study investigates the research question whether and by which...